Trick-sword.



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TRICK SWORD.

(Application filed Sept. 11, 1902.j

(No Model.)

WITNESSES: INVENTUH 7772- 2% $64M a m 5 I BY jr rzrs NITED STATES WALTER THOMAS, OF PALATKA, FLORIDA.

TRICK-SWORD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 714,534, dated November 25, 1902.

Application filed September 11, 1902. $erial No. 122,948, (No model.)

Trick-Sword, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

,of Fig. 1.

This invention relates to a device for creating the deception of a sword thrust through aliving person.

The device is useful invarious connections,

among the most important of which are in theatrical performances and advertising schemes.

This specification is an exact description of one example of my invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicat-e corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the invention, and Fig. 2 is a detail section on the line 2 2 The sword-blade is divided into two sections, (designated ct and b in the drawings.) The section a is pointed at its outer end, and the section 19 carries a handle 0. These sections at and b are separated from each other for a distance equal, approximately, to the thickness of a mans body, and connected rigidly to the inner ends of each section are curved arms 01 and 6. These arms are slotted, as indicated at f in Fig. l in the drawings, and g indicates clamping-screws, which pass through the slots and hold the arms at and e rigidly together. This arrangement also enables the sections a and b of the blade to be adjusted toward and from each other, so as to suit the size of the man to whom the device is to be applied. The arms (1 and e are formed each with two or more openings bulb, which is adapted to be filled with a redcolored liquid simulating blood. From this bulb It leads a tube '5, which passes through an orifice 70, formed in the pointed or end section a of the sword-blade. This orifice 75 may be located at the inner portion of the blade, as shown in the drawings, or at the end or point thereof, as desired.

In using the invention the device is adj usted under the clothing, so that the arms cl and e lie snugly around the body, this adjustment being effected by the screws 9, as explained. The sections a and b of the sword are arrangedto project outward at opposite sides of the body, and the arms (1 and e being hidden by the clothing the impression is given that a sword is actually thrust through the body. The bulb h and tube '5 should be concealed under the clothing, and by pressing the bulb the red-colored liquid therein may be forced out to simulate a bleeding wound. Suitable cords should be attached to the arms (1 and 6 through the holes d and e and these cords passed up to the shoulder or shoulders, so as to support the arms d and e in proper place.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of my invention may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. Hence I consider myself entitled to all such variations as may lie within the scope of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

1. A trick-sword, comprising two blade-sections, and curved arms connected respectively with said sections and adjustably connected with each other.

2. A trick-sword, comprising two blade-sections, and means forming a rigid connection between said sections, such means curving sidewise to pass around one side of the body of the user.

3. A trick-sword, comprising two blade sections, rigid arms connected respectively with said sections, the arms being curved to meet tube, said means comprising a collapsible each other at one side, and means for adjustbulb communicating with the tube and conably connecting the arms together. taining the liquid.

4. The combination with a trick-sword, of In testimony whereof I have signed my 5 a flexible tube leading to a part thereof, and name to this specification in the presence of IS means for forcing a liquid through the said two subscribing Witnesses. tube. WALTER THOMAS.

5. The combination with a trick-sword, of Witnesses: a flexible tube leading to a part thereof, and 1 JOHN E. MARSHALL, 10 means for forcing a liquid through the said ED. W. CLARKE. 

